Reflection: Backlighting

1. The skeleton is the best shot of the assignment because the photo has light come through the bones of the skeleton, which makes for a more interesting silhouette then having the outline of my brother's head with headphones.
2. My brother playing video games is the weakest shot of the assignment because it is not as interesting of a silhouette as Bob the skeleton.
3. The weakest image can be improved on in future shots by the subject having more cut outs.
4. I used Photoshop to edit the picture with the tools of brightness, contrast, levels, curves, exposure, crop and vibrance.
5. I was able to meet the objectives (goals) of the assignment by assuring that what I was taking a picture of was obviously what it was.
6. What was easy about this assignment was getting the pictures because I had ideas of what I was going to take a picture of, so I did not have to search for something.
7. Making sure that my brothers head was not visible on other things was a difficult aspect of this assignment because it was difficult to get the right angle.
8. If I could do this assignment again, I would take more pictures of the skeleton image because I did not get many.  I liked the picture I took but maybe there would have been a better one if I took more.
9. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being my best effort) I would rate my effort on this project a 6 because I did not do much to get the pictures to where they are, I either shut off lights or put a mask on a skeleton and moved him but I got multiple angles for the photos.

Backlighting

Reflection: Texture and Lighting Basics

1. The picture that is the best shot of this assignment is the third one as one can clearly see what the subject is.
2. The picture that is the weakest shot of this assignment is probably the first one of the painted ceiling because it is not very close to the subject so it is a little harder to see the texture.
3. The weakest image can improve by getting closer to the image if trying to view the texture.
4. I used Photoshop in which I used brightness, contrast, levels, curves, exposure, vibrancy, hue, saturation, and the crop tool.
5. I was able to meet the objectives (goals) of the assignment by taking photos of various items with enough texture so that it would show up in the photo well.  Looking at my images, I was able to enhance the texture with the location of the light source by it only shining on one side so shadows are cast.  The light source for the ceiling image was on the side while the other two were from above.
6. What was easy about this assignment was getting enough photos for the contact sheet because it is easy to press a button a bunch of times with various angles or the same angle.
7. What was difficult about this assignment was finding stuff with a lot of texture that is interesting to look at because I could not find interesting stuff with texture.
8. If I could do this assignment differently, I would make what I am photographing more recognizable.
9. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being my best effort) I would rate my effort on this project an 8 because I did not find anything to interesting but I took other pictures of other stuff in an attempt to find something more interesting.

Texture and Lighting Basics

 The texture of this image is bumpy due to the lighting and shadow in between each of the paint bristle strokes, but not rough as the lighting shows glossiness to the ceiling farther back in the image. 

 The texture of the picture above is slightly bumpy as there are small raises in the material.

The texture of the moss in the image is hairy due to the stringiness to it and the bark is rough as it is shedding and riddled with bumps.


Contact Sheets:

Artist Discovery: Ansel Adams

1. The type of Photography Ansel masters in is black and white photographs of nature, such as rocks, trees, and hills.
2. He brings out textures in his objects by having lighting that hits the subject of the photo in a way that casts shadows due to its texture.
3. My opinion on his work is that it is good and I quite like it.
4. I feel this way because of his photo's lighting that makes the simplest of subjects look beautiful in the photo.